The interior properties of the Moon influence lunar tides and rotation. Three-axis rotation (physical librations) and tides are sensed by tracking lunar landers. The Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR) experiment has acquired 38 yr of increasingly accurate ranges from observatories on the Earth to four corner cube retroreflector arrays on the Moon. Lunar Laser Ranging is reviewed in [1]. Recent lunar science results are in [4,5]. In this abstract present LLR capabilities are described followed by future possibilities.


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    Title :

    Lunar Science from Laser Ranging - Present and Future


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Lunar and Planetary Science Conference ; 2008 ; League City, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-03-10


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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